Robert Griffin III and Cam Newton stare at an iPhone following Carolina's win over Washington. / Patrick McDermott, Getty Images

by Chris Chase, USA TODAY Sports

by Chris Chase, USA TODAY Sports

When Robert Griffin III told reporters that he and Cam Newton exchanged numbers after Sunday's Carolina Panthers win over the Washington Redskins, we figured it was just a figure of speech, a Heisman Trophy winner equivalent of two kids vowing to stay in touch after summer camp.

"He gave me his number, told me to contact him," Griffin said after the game. "Basically we're both two young quarterbacks in this league trying to get better, trying to lead our teams to victory."

It sounded like those vague promises of future planning that happen every day, like when your new neighbors bring their kids trick-or-treating and you tell them that, yes, having a neighborhood dinner party would be a great idea, then you spend the next five days leaving the house under the cover of darkness to avoid chit-chat in the hopes that the dinner party idea never gets mentioned again. (Just me?) Surely Cam and RGIII didn't exchange numbers on the field. How would they do that without a pen or a phone?

But our theory was shot when we stumbled upon this photo from Getty Images of Newton holding an iPhone during his postgame chat with Griffin.

Who's phone is it? Where did it come from? Who was holding it during the game? Did Cam ask for RGIII's number and then text it to himself? Is it a burner? Why hasn't the phone's owner upgraded to the iPhone 5? Are they upset about the new connector too? Is that why Cam has been struggling? How many phones are in the picture? It looks like one, but maybe the item in Cam's left hand is a phone too. If it is, did they do that tap-tap thing to exchange contact info and, if so, why hasn't Apple signed both to endorsement deals yet that can lead to commercials replacing that awful iPad Mini one with Chopsticks that was played endlessly on Sunday?